Binding: Binding with flowers and arabesques, rich in gold.Full catalogue record in Fihrist: Union Catalogue of Manuscripts from the Islamicate WorldContents: Ḥusayn ibn Ismāʻīl Gāzurgāhī, Majālis al-ʻushshāq (ff. 1a-197a).Decoration: Illustrated with 74 miniature paintings.Hand: Excellent Nastaʻlīq.Record origin: Manuscript description based on: Beeston, A. F. L. (Alfred Felix Landon); Ethé, Hermann, 1844-1917; Sachau, Eduard, 1845-1930; Catalogue of the Persian, Turkish, Hindûstânî, and Pushtû manuscripts in the Bodleian Library, Oxford; at the Clarendon Press 1889-1953."An illustrated copy of Gāzurgāhī's Majālis al-ʻushshāq."
Full catalogue record in Fihrist: Union Catalogue of Manuscripts from the Islamicate WorldDecoration: First two pages adorned. The chapter-headings on gold ground. Two full-size pictures on ff. 9b and 34a; slightly smaller one one on f. 59b.Dimensions: 9⅝ × 6¼ in (size of leaf).Hand: Small, but clear Nastaʻlīq.Record origin: Manuscript description based on: Beeston, A. F. L. (Alfred Felix Landon); Ethé, Hermann, 1844-1917; Sachau, Eduard, 1845-1930; Catalogue of the Persian, Turkish, Hindûstânî, and Pushtû manuscripts in the Bodleian Library, Oxford; at the Clarendon Press 1889-1953.1 copy of Būstān by Saʻdī.
Also available in digital form on the Library of Congress Web site. Manuscript. Persian. Title from colophon of first work. Pagination: 1st work: fol. 1b-105a (18 lines); 2nd work: fol. 105b-155b (16-18 lines); 3rd work: fol. 157a-249b (14 lines) First work written by Muḥammad Mahdī al-Kāshānī. Gift of Cyrus Ebrahim Zadeh, Nov. 9, 2009. Written in India? Paper: yellowish, polished cream color commercial paper with no visible watermarks; black ink; catchwords. 1st work: Naskh; 18 lines in written area 15 x 9.5 cm.; 2nd work: Naskh; 16-18 lines in written area 14.5 x 10 cm.; 3rd work: Nastaʻliq; 14 lines in written area 16.5 x 13 cm. Folio 1b-95a; 95b-105a poems; 105b-155b; 157a-249b. Library of Congress. Manuscript, [unnumbered]. Binding: black leather.
Manuscript. Persian. Title from colophon. Name of scribe not indicated. Written in India. Papaer; thick unpolished Indian paper; some pages colored pink; text within ruled border of three fine lines in black and red ink; black ink, section headings in red; numerous marginal and interlinear notes and comments; beginning of the poem on fol. 1b is in a much later hand; 6 leaves of writing at end in various hands; catchwords. Nastaʻliq; 15 lines in written area 18 x 8.5 cm. 1, fol. 1b-226b, 6. Library of Congress. Persian manuscript, M15. Text block separated from binding in separate container; binding is contemporary tan leather in poor condition; no medallions or other decoration. Also available in digital form on the Library of Congress website.
Manuscript. Persian. Title from fol. 2b. Written by Sulṭānmuḥammad al-Kātib. Probably written in Iran. Paper; thick, dark cream color laid paper with no visible chain lines or watermarks; elaborate unwan on fol. 2b in blue, gold, and red; fol. 1b-3a and 168b and 169b have elaborate floral decorations in margins; text enclosed in elaborate ruled border in blue-white-gold-red-green-gold; black ink with red section headings; catchwords. Nastaʻliq; 12 lines in written area 15 x 7 cm. Fol 1b and 2a have full page miniature paintings. Fol. 1b-169a (text: 2b-169a) Library of Congress. Persian manuscript, M84. Binding; black grain with embossed medallions front and back. Also available in digital form on the Library of Congress website.
Manuscript. Persian Title from pasted label on cover. Scribe not indicated. Probably written in Iran. Paper: lined notebook paper, lines running vertically to the text; black ink. Text breaks off after the first line of "al-bāb al-awwal min al-wāḥid al-rābiʻ." Naskh; 17 lines in written area approximately 15.5 x 11.5 cm. 165 pages. Library of Congress. Persian manuscript, M5. Contemporary blue cardboard binding with black leather spine. With a small manuscript fragment 19 x 12.5 cm, 16 pages (25-28 lines), in very small nastaʻliq script. Also available in digital form on the Library of Congress website. Incipit: بسم الامنع الاقدس Explicit/Colophon: في ان للنقطة مقامين مقام ينطق عن الله ومقام ينطق عما دون الله ذلك مقام
Manuscript. Persian Title from container. Written by Salmān Bint ʻAlī Pāshā. Written in India or Turkey. Paper; heavy, reinforced laid paper with vertical chain lines and no visible watermarks; sections contining lines of poetry are inlaid; text enclosed in a ruled border of thin blue, wider gold and a very wide greenish blue border; verses are divided by a similar wide greenish line and each verse block is also outlined in gold; margins ard dyed reddish with dark flecks; black ink. Nastaʻliq; 2 lines in written area 4.7 x 10.7 cm. Fol. 1b-14b Library of Congress. Persian manuscript, M161. Binding; contemporary leather accordion binding; leaves written on one side only. Also available in digital form on the Library of Congress website.
Full catalogue record in Fihrist: Union Catalogue of Manuscripts from the Islamicate World"Persian manuscript of Nizami's poem Lailā and Majnūnillustrated by Mughal Indian artists."'Extent: pp. 110.'Layout: Written in 4 columns of 21 lines.Hand: Nastaʿlīq.Decoration: 9 miniatures, pp. 27, 35, 41, 47, 53, 65, 66, 82, 105; illuminated frontispiece.Binding: European pigskin, with gilt tooling toward edges of inner boards, gilt spine title and label: "MS circa A.D. 1563".
Full catalogue record in Fihrist: Union Catalogue of Manuscripts from the Islamicate WorldDecoration: Unwan. Four miniatures. Decorative borders.Dimensions: 10¾ × 7¼ in.Hand: Small but distinct Nastaʻlīq.Record origin: Manuscript description based on: Beeston, A. F. L. (Alfred Felix Landon); Ethé, Hermann, 1844-1917.; Sachau, Eduard, 1845-1930; Catalogue of the Persian, Turkish, Hindûstânî, and Pushtû manuscripts in the Bodleian Library, Oxford; at the Clarendon Press 1889-1953."The first mathnawī of Navāʼī's Khamsah. For the other three surviving volumes of a five volume set copied by the same anonymous scribesee: MS. Elliott 408MS. Elliott 317and MS. Elliott 339."
Full catalogue record in Fihrist: Union Catalogue of Manuscripts from the Islamicate WorldContents note: جواهر التواریخ (centre column). حكايتها (margin column).Hand: Nastaʻlīq.Record origin: Manuscript description based on: Beeston, A. F. L. (Alfred Felix Landon); Ethé, Hermann, 1844-1917; Sachau, Eduard,1845-1930; Catalogue of the Persian, Turkish, Hindûstânî, and Pushtû manuscripts in the Bodleian Library, Oxford; at the Clarendon Press 1889-1953.2 works by Salmān Qazvīnī on the subjects of Timurids, Mogul Empire, Tatars, and Tales.
Binding: Bound in apricot and blue marbled paper over boards with leather trim.Full catalogue record in Fihrist: Union Catalogue of Manuscripts from the Islamicate WorldDimensions: 25.4 × 20 cm (size of leaf). 17.3 × 14.5 in (size of written area).Hand: Shikastah-Nastaʻlīq.Layout: 10.Record origin: Manuscript description based on handlist of Simon Digby with additional enhancements by the Fihrist team.2 works by Ḥājjī Sayyid Najaf ʻAlī walad Sayyid Malik Muḥammad Khān Lāhūrī on the subjects of India and Jammu and Kashmir.
Full catalogue record in Fihrist: Union Catalogue of Manuscripts from the Islamicate WorldHand: Nastaʻlīq.Record origin: Manuscript description based on: Beeston, A. F. L. (Alfred Felix Landon); Ethé, Hermann, 1844-1917; Sachau, Eduard,1845-1930; Catalogue of the Persian, Turkish, Hindûstânî, and Pushtû manuscripts in the Bodleian Library, Oxford; at the Clarendon Press 1889-1953.1 copy of Taʼrīkh-i ʻAbbāsī by Jalāl al-Dīn Muḥammad Munajjim Yazdī.